Happy Together (Drama - 1999)

Lee Hyo-lee Returns to Stage in Oct.

Source | 2009/08/25 | 0 comments | Permalink |

South Korea's pop diva Lee Hyo-lee will return to the stage as a singer in October.

According to press reports, Lee will resume her singing career in October with the release of her fourth album. She released her third album in July last year.

"We are now collecting songs to be recorded on the new album, which will be more mature. We are trying to be perfect in producing the album, taking into account Hyo-lee is one of the top singers in the country", an official at M-Net Entertainment, her agency, was quoted as saying. "We are also pooling ideas to come up with innovative dance performances".

Lee, 30, started off as a member of the K-pop girl group Fin.K.L. She emerged as a sex symbol and star after "10 Minutes", from her first solo album, became a hit. She regained her fame last year with "U-Go-Girl", the title track from her third album.

Music officials say she may be able to challenge the latest trend in the music circles where a string of girls groups such as Girls' Ge...| More

Korean Drama OST Concert to Be Staged in Japan

Source | 2009/04/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The "Korean Wave Gala Concert 2009" will be held at the Tokyo International Forum on July 11.

The concert will feature Korean singers who took part in the original soundtracks of Korean dramas which have been popular in Japan. They include Ryu, who sang the theme song of "Winter Sonata", Zero of "Beautiful Days", July of "Stairway to Heaven", and Hong Jong-myung of "Beautiful Lady" and "Happy Together" (starring Lee Byeong-heon).

Actor Park Hae-jin, who appeared in "Famous Princesses" and "East of Eden", will attend as a special guest. ...| More

Actress Choi Yeo-jin Thanks Actor So Ji-sub

Source | 2009/03/23 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actress Choi Yeo-jin has expressed deep gratitude for actor So Ji-sub at the KBS2 talk show "Happy Together - Show" aired on Thursday. She said that So helped her a lot when she had just debuted and did not yet know much about acting.

Choi first got to know the star when she was cast for the role of So's girlfriend who dumped him for a rich man in the 2004 KBS2 hit drama "Sorry, I Love you"

"The drama is special to me because it helped me get where I am now. I was very lucky to get the part because I was then a rookie actress with no experience in acting", she said. "I appeared in only four episodes, but I drew a lot of attention because my role was his girlfriend".

She added, "We often had to retake a scene over and over again due to my mistakes, but So never got upset but rather encouraged me and gave me advice. I was so grateful for that. I still watch the drama whenever I feel things get hard, to get courage".

Choi also talked about an anecdote about some baseball playe...| More

Japanese Satellite TV to Hold 'Lee Byeong-heon Festival'

Source | 2008/10/07 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Japan's largest commercial satellite channel Sky Perfect TV will hold a two-month-long special event during which it will feature films and dramas starring Korean actor Lee Byeong-heon. The event will begin this month.

Prior to the event launch, Sky Perfect TV produced and aired four different versions of a TV ad promoting the event. During the "Lee Byeong-heon Festival" period, the channel will air some of the actor's major works including "Addicted", "Once in a Summer", "Lament", "A Bittersweet Life", "Bungee Jumping of their Own", "Happy Together" and the drama series "All In"....| More

KBS World, Arirang TV connect Korea to world audiences

Source | 2008/09/04 | 0 comments | Permalink |

"Autumn in My Heart", "Winter Sonata" and "Full House". These are some of the famous Korean television dramas that have won worldwide popularity among international viewers and created the Korean wave, or "Hallyu".

Overseas tourists take photos in front of the poster of KBS drama "Winter Sonata".
Behind the international success of these dramas among overseas viewers, are the two major broadcasters -- KBS World and Arirang TV.

KBS World, the international television and radio service of Korea's public broadcaster the Korean Broadcasting System, comprises KBS World Radio and its satellite TV broadcasting system overseas.

Since its maiden transmission of a 15-minute English broadcast on Aug. 15, 1953 under the station name "The Voice of Free Korea" which was later renamed "Radio Korea International" in August 1994, KBS World Radio has been considered the country's sole foreign language promotional broadcast to the entire world. KBS World Radio now broadcasts in a total of 11 la...| More